NOTICE OF INTENT: UTILITY SERVICES

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Inscription House Health Center, Kayenta Service Unit (KSU) in Shonto, Arizona 86054, intends to negotiate a non-competitive firm-fixed-price award to Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Highway 12 N, Fort Defiance, Arizona 86504, for utility services for electric, water, and waste water, as required by Inscription House Health Center, to be delivered on 01/01/2026.

The award will be a sole source procurement awarded to Navajo Tribal Utility Authority in accordance with RFO 16.507(b)(2), only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized. The Contracting Officer (CO) may solicit from only one source if the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available which, in this case, the required service is unique and can only be delivered by the sole regional utility provider within a 100-mile radius. No other awardee can meet the Government’s requirement.

This notice is not a solicitation or a request for offers. Any potential sources other than Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, may submit a capability statement via electronic mail to Flora Washington, Contract Specialist, at flora.washington@ihs.gov by 12:00pm MST on Friday, December 5, 2025.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A solicitation will not be issued.